Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Bluebells, Newton Wood

I’ve been holding off this photo for three or four weeks now. Just waiting for for bluebells to be at their best. They just don’t seem to be in the same profusion this year. Must have been the cold spring we have had. Finally my patience has run out.

These will be the English variety which are a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Spanish Bluebell, an introduced variety, hybridises with the English.

Newton Wood is a National Trust property. Link to location.


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  1. […] very blue in Autumn. Compare with a photo I took almost from the same spot a year and six months ago. The blues of May have been replaced by the golden hues of […]

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